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5/10/2013

Before Easter I went to exhibition with some carving and cute food ideas.

At the demonstration I showed my new cookie cutters in a shape of flowers. I love to use them for baking. On the picture you see sweet 'Flowers' tarts, 'Pyramid' sandwiches and mini pizza (tomato, salami and hot pepper). The Lemon Chicken was also a part of my class, it's very easy and quick garnish.

Mini pizza, Pyramid sandwiches and sweet Flowers tarts
Easter chicken made of a lemon with a red pepper and carrot details.

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5/07/2013

5th of May we celebrated Easter in Russia.

I had few ideas of Easter table decoration and stopped at traditional one, with no extraordinary carving :) I baked Kulich, a russian easter cake (to my surprise I succeeded, it was very tasty, believe me!). To add "more traditions" to the party I unpacked my grandma's samovar.

When I was a child, every summer I had been sent to my grandmother for summer holidays. Some things I loved about her house were her cute dog and a samovar (we had no pets and no samovar in our city appartment).

We still keep that samovar stored in a board, almost forgotten. So I found it, cleaned and set on the table.

Easter baking (Kulich) and samovar

Recipe of Kulich was taken from "Recipes of Russian Cuisine" blogby Angelica, a Russian lady blogging from Italy. I've never myself baked Kulich before. This recipe is perfect, I made it easily. The recipe ingredients were enough for 3 cakes.

About Garnishfood Blog

Hi, I am Elena, also known as Selena Ze Arteest. I am a designer, fruit carving artist and owner of Caving Studio since 2007. GarnishFood blog is about the art of Thai carving and edibe arrangements made of vegetables, fruits and sweets. Recently I am keen on Ikebana art and phytodesign.